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Big Little Lies taught us some interesting and useful lessons by the end of Season 1. The HBO series, with its star-studded cast including Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz and Alexander Skarsgard, is set in Monterey, California, and explores the everyday dilemmas and life-threatening traumas modern women face.

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Before "Orange is the New Black," the HBO film "Stranger Inside" depicted the prison experience of a young African-American woman. Comparing the two, we can look at the larger issues of how race is portrayed onscreen and why diversity is most seen in texts centered on prison.